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32 fish kanji... How many can you read? Restaurant Kanji 1

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Fish, fish, lots of fish... I found this cloth with fish kanji... So we have 32 characters here all with the same radical 魚 (fish.) Some of these characters even most Japanese won`t know as they are usually written in kana, such as octopus, but some you will see in restaurants and sushi shops... As a kanji 魚　is read さかな (sakana) （other readings include ギョ、うお　and ~ざかな) gyo, uo, zakana, and as a radical it is called うお　(uo) Then we have another part of the character on the other side so everything will be something fish. So from left to right and top to bottom: 鮗 winter fish このしろ (konoshiro)　konoshiro gizzard shad (type of sardine) 鯏　profit fish　 あさり   (asari) Manila Clam (also written 浅利） 鮹　resemblance fish たこ　(tako) octopus 鮃 flat fish ひらめ　(hirame) flounder 鱈 snow fish たら　(tara) cod 鰻 (no  stand alone kanji) sun, net again fish! うなぎ　(unagi) eel 鰈  (no  stand alone kanji) World tree fish かれい　(karei) righteye flounder 鮟鱇 (my PC and phone don`t...
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A very common sign...Street signs 1

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This is one of the most common signs you will see in Japan. Reading: ちゅう・しゃ・じょう Meaning;　Parking lot We have 駐 (ちゅう）Stop over 車　（しゃ）Car and 場　（じょう）Place Now lets  make it longer... Reading; つき・ぎめ・ちゅう・しゃ・じょう Meaning;　Parking lot rented on a monthly basis. So now we have added 月（つき）Moon or in this case month, and 極（ぎめ）poles (North and south), extremely. Here are some other common words using these kanji... 月 月曜日　（げつ・よう・び）Monday 来月　（らい・げつ)  Next month 極 積極的　（せっ・きょく・てき）Assertive 南極　（なん・きょく）South Pole Kanjisigns4U Directory Page 2018  If you liked this post please tell your friends, leave comments, subscribe and share to facebook, pinterest, twitter etc...  It will help me to continue produc ing interesting free material.  Please feel free to use any of the photos on this site  only for non commercial use , as long as you link back to this site. Thank you 　
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Very common sign seen on doors and property.

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Again one of the most common signs you will ever see in Japan. 立入禁止 (also written 立ち入り禁止） Reading; たち・いり・きん・し　(tachiiri kinshi) Meaning; No Entry We have four characters; 立　Stand 入　Enter 禁　Prohibition, Ban 止　Stop Here is some common vocabulary using these characters; 立つ　たつ　Stand (tatsu) 入口　いり・ぐち　Entrance (Iriguchi) 禁煙　きん・えん　No Smoking (Kinen) 中止　ちゅう・し　Suspension, stoppage (Chushi) Kanjisigns4U Directory Page 2018  If you liked this post please tell your friends, leave comments, subscribe and share to facebook, pinterest, twitter etc...  It will help me to continue produc ing interesting free material.  Please feel free to use any of the photos on this site  only for non commercial use , as long as you link back to this site. Thank you
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